The Penn's Grove record., 1887-09-24

de Spina.
The Russian Prince, Pierre Witt
oenstein. a Paris despatch announces,
has died at Kenleon, near Brest, or
grief for his wife, the daughter OF a
Rretop fisherman, whom he bad sduoa-
ted. He leaves his vast fortune TO
Prince Hohenlohe.
The first record we have of coal is
about 800 years before the CHRISTIAN
ora. Coal was used as fuel In Eng
lam as early as S52, and in 1884 the
first charter to dig for 1t was granteu
by Henry III. to the inhabitants OF
New-castle-on-Tyne.
Lovers of the waltz may celebrate
its centenary. The first dance when
could be described as a waltz was III
troduced to the public in an opera at
Vienna in 1877 by Il Vlcent Martlny
solar commonly called Martini 10
Spagnuolol, who was a popular CON-
poser at the court of Joseph III.
Among the papers of the late
King of Bavaria, 1t Is stated, ave
been found the manuscript OF Two
LIGHT OPERAS on the style Of AuDer,
written by Richard Wagner when ne
was very young. THESE, II Is auueu,
are now to be published under the
titles the composer gave them, Les
Fees" and 'Defence d'Almer.
"A doctor In st. Louis was us
turbed Just after he retired to bed cary
the other morning by noises in ms yard
Taking a revolver with MIN ne peepeA
through a window and saw a man en-
deavoring to force a pair OF shutters on
a lower floor The doctor hred t~t
shots in succession, and the burglar
who gave the name OF LANCER, re-
ceived a probably fatal wound In I'M
neck.
-Physicians are usually free from
superstition, and they generally trea
with ridicule the class OF remedle
known as ''old women's cures" hu
we know of a prominent member Q
that profession, now retired from pTaC
tice. who AYERS that he cured hlmsel
of a rheumatic trouble, of a palnt'
character and long standing, by carry
ing in his pocket a potato Ia
ave of a horse chestnut. This he va
induced to do ly an old lady irien'
and the doctor aflirms, upon his mono
that it cured HIM within a few
and that while the witnered vegetab
ia in his pocket not a tinge OF the oil
ease is felt. He does not attempt
account for it.
"A strange freak of lightning Is T
norted from the town of Ramap
Rockland county. New York. L
house of August Bolger stands alone
n remote part of the town, nearly su
rounded by large trees. During
heavy thunderstorm an unusually sha
fash of lightning was seen, and N
Eoloer. who was in a shed. entered
house and saw a pet dog and cat oC
living dead in the room near the III
nlare. A dark line ran across the no
which was uncarpeted, and led out
The front door. Going outside, n
BolQer discovered that a part OF
railing on one side OF the front stC
had been torn away. The ltghtnl
evidently cam down the chimney.
may do little or l may do mn
That matters not. 1t must be my o
work. And by doing my own VIC
-noor as It may seem to mel 81
better fulfil Gods end in making
what | am. and more truly glorlty
name. mar if 1 were either going.
of nv W sphere to do the wcaK
another. or calling in another into
sphere to do my proper work for MI
The great mistake that men max
in n idea that they must be hol!
become heirs the truth is they n
ltcome heirs in order to be holy.
do not serve in order TO become $
bIt we must become sons IN O
rie btly to serve. 1t is those who Del
i'm his name that have the power,
nriyilece to become the sons Of God